orphans 1.0.0

See every package installed on your machine and know which ones are safe to remove.

orphans

See every package on your machine and know which ones you can remove.

orphans looks at every package installed on your computer. It tells you which ones are safe to remove. It never removes anything without asking you first.

Supported Package Managers

Installation

Python 3.11 or newer required. Install orphans with pipx.

pipx install orphans

Can be installed from source code.

git clone https://github.com/ado11231/orphans
cd orphans
pip install .

Check Installation.

orphans --version

Usage

Run orphans to scan your machine.

orphans

Flag	What it does
orphans --cleanup	Removes orphan packages
orphans --cleanup --dry-run	Shows what would be removed
orphans --repair	Updates old packages
orphans --export results.json	Saves results to a file
orphans --format json	Prints results as json
orphans --snapshot	Saves the current state
orphans --rollback <snapshot>	Restores a saved state
orphans --watch	Scans again every minute
orphans --version	Shows the version

License

MIT, see LICENSE.